Seasonal safety reminders

[eldog]

Small branches and pine needles
the odd yokel from down south

[eldog]

was a good thing the sphincter had plenty of excercise through summer...

Dunno if that information should be shared with fellow KB members.
a few on here might get the wrong impression.

[caseye]

Dunno if that information should be shared with fellow KB members.
a few on here might get the wrong impression.

Theyr, they'ra, they're all pretty, well educicated round ere, I feel sewer tey'd not get it worng.
Butt of corse, they could.
Cold road= fuck all grip folks, remember that and if you're riding over the Mamaku's remember you don't always see the Black ice in the shade on the inside of the corner, just where you don't expect it.

[Moise]

The green stuff growing on the road under trees can be very slippery when wet.

[ruaphu]

And cagers get even more blind to bikers from here on in till day light scrapings comes round again.

Oh and as we slide into winter, it brings with it the fabled cager winter sport of tail gatin 'cos we can' as big hit too for the canned clowns.

Stay shiny up.


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[RGVforme]

Most softcock bikers are storing up the old steed as we type but I love riding over winter.Cold and wet=less dicks in cars and on bikes out and about.
Always struck me as funny that most chaps wont ride when cold wet and not much traffic but wait until a long weekend roads packed high noon the height of summer sweating their ring off in full cow suits saying"Yeah that's the stuff"

Anyhoooo...

Corners under trees that don't see the sun all day can still hold ice.
Those bastard tar snake road crack repairs I see they are using in NZ now are slippery when wet and almost always have been repaired off camber to the road surface.
Speaking of slippery bastards Ye olde painted lines also.
Time to RainX the brain bucket visor.
Getting left a bit more when the oncoming trucks bowl past covering you in water.
Cold Tyres stay cold longer.
Cagers with fogged up windows esp side ones don't see you when intersection checking.
Aqua planing is always fun on a motorbike NOT.
Cold hands don't work the levers as good or react as fast nor does a cold brain.

The up side.
Less Harley fergusons and power rangers on the road.(If at all)
Less Motorhomes and famdamlys Sunday driving.
No cyclists.Lycra does not strike me as very warm.
Less cops and checkpoints.

[Ulsterkiwi]

Most softcock bikers are storing up the old steed as we type but I love riding over winter.Cold and wet=less dicks in cars and on bikes out and about.
Always struck me as funny that most chaps wont ride when cold wet and not much traffic but wait until a long weekend roads packed high noon the height of summer sweating their ring off in full cow suits saying"Yeah that's the stuff"

Anyhoooo...

Corners under trees that don't see the sun all day can still hold ice.
Those bastard tar snake road crack repairs I see they are using in NZ now are slippery when wet and almost always have been repaired off camber to the road surface.
Speaking of slippery bastards Ye olde painted lines also.
Time to RainX the brain bucket visor.
Getting left a bit more when the oncoming trucks bowl past covering you in water.
Cold Tyres stay cold longer.
Cagers with fogged up windows esp side ones don't see you when intersection checking.
Aqua planing is always fun on a motorbike NOT.
Cold hands don't work the levers as good or react as fast nor does a cold brain.

The up side.
Less Harley fergusons and power rangers on the road.(If at all)
Less Motorhomes and famdamlys Sunday driving.
No cyclists.Lycra does not strike me as very warm.
Less cops and checkpoints.

this, 10chars

[Moise]

Yeah. Most of NZ doesn't have a real winter though.

[pritch]

First light rain after a dry spell makes for a very slippery road. If you have to stop at the lights when the road is like this stay back a bit from the car in front, leave the bike in gear, see if you can spot an escape route, keep your ears open and your eye on the mirrors. Paranoia pays.

[eldog]

Yeah. Most of NZ doesn't have a real winter though.

AKL had 'snow' a few years back

[Ocean1]

First light rain after a dry spell makes for a very slippery road. If you have to stop at the lights when the road is like this stay back a bit from the car in front, leave the bike in gear, see if you can spot an escape route, keep your ears open and your eye on the mirrors. Paranoia pays.

... And stay the hell away from the centre of the lane, that's where every incontinent car and truck has sat at the lights dropping a nice patch of oil and diesel.

Which leads me to my favourite rant. Can't we do something about the sheer number of vehicles dropping oil all over the roads? Fucksake, it's not even a WOF issue, nobody but bikers seem to give a fuck about it. That, and the number of trucks that dump the last few litres of diesel they just put in all over the next few miles of corners, its a fucking disgrace, why isn't McSack all over it?

It's been a problem forever, but modern tyres are so fucking good in the wet that the traction difference between normal road and road mixed with a few drips of diesel is fucking huge. In the olden days you'd have been on tippy toes anyway, chances of gathering it up again after a wee slide were better than average. Not on modern tyres.

[release_the_bees]

Fog = reduced visibility. (Do people really need huge warning messages on the motorway to make them realize that.)

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[G4L4XY]

Go to the bathroom before you leave.

Blow on a hot pie

Don't be silly, wrap that willy.

[pritch]

... And stay the hell away from the centre of the lane, that's where every incontinent car and truck has sat at the lights dropping a nice patch of oil and diesel.

I know all the books say to do that, but in the circumstances I described I'd prefer to be in the middle to have a choice to go either side if that was possible.

My theory is that the books were mostly written overseas and they may not have the coarse gravel chip surface we have. (Or used to have since they seem to be saving on gravel?) The slippery droppings slide down between the chips but my tyres sit on top of them. Said he hopefully.

[James Deuce]

I know all the books say to do that, but in the circumstances I described I'd prefer to be in the middle to have a choice to go either side if that was possible.

My theory is that the books were mostly written overseas and they may not have the coarse gravel chip surface we have. (Or used to have since they seem to be saving on gravel?) The slippery droppings slide down between the chips but my tyres sit on top of them. Said he hopefully.

Actually, just to add to the concept, I've found that a significant number of corners on my side of the hill have no coarse chip left in the wheel tracks of even moderate corners. Where they attempt repairs, the outside wheel track is deep, loose gravel. There's no noticeable repair "effect" on the inside.